2023 Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 537 people earned their degree in farm/farm and ranch management, making the major the 757th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 92 farm/farm and ranch management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in farm/farm and ranch management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality farm/farm and ranch management programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the farm/farm and ranch management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The farm/farm & ranch management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management for an Associate”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Most Veteran Friendly for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ridgewater College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management for an Associate. This small school is located in Willmar, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 associates’s farm/farm and ranch management degrees in 2020-2021.
Ridgewater College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 38 of the 3,176 students enrolled at Ridgewater College were GI Bill® students, of which 25 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,506. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Ridgewater College]](/colleges/ridgewater-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bismarck State College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management for an Associate. Located in Bismarck, North Dakota, this small public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified associates’s farm/farm and ranch management students in 2020-2021.
BSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Associate Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, BSC supports 3,716 students, and 194 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 116 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,217. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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